#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: wvaughan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William Vaughan) Subject: CRD's Elvis Costello - Deportee (acoustic) Deportee (acoustic) Elvis Costello From the "Goodbye Cruel World" Ryko reissue C G Am In the Arrivderci Roma nightclub bar and grill F C Standing in the fiberglass ruins G F Bb Watching time stand still C G All your troubles you confess G/B C To another faceless backless dress C G/B Schnaps, cianti, porter and ouzo Am Am/G Am/F# D7 F Perond vodka, sambuca I love you so C Deportee G G There's a tatty beauty talkin in riddles Am Am/G Am/F# D7 F Rome burns down and every..body fiddles C Deportee F C Dm But a thousand dollars won't buy you a Yankee wife unless F C G F Bb There's a thousand years of history drowned in this chaser glass C G And now I wish that she was mine Am Am/G Am/F# D7 F I could have been a king in 6/8 time C Deportee Am D Am Its a brittle charm but she's had enough D G Still she wrote her name upon his paper cuff C G And you don't know where to start or where to stop C F7 All this pillow talk is nothing more than D7 G G/F G/E G/D (on D string) Finally talking shop G C G Am When I came here tonight my pockets were overflowing F C G F Bb They took my return ticket without me even knowing C G So I pray to the saints and all the maytrs G/B C For the secret life of Frank Sinarta C F But none of these things ever come to pass Am Am/G Am/F# D7 F In America the law is a piece of ass C Deportee So its C G/B Schnaps, cianti, porter and ouzo Am Am/G Am/F# D7 F Perond vodka, sambuca I love you so C F C F C Deportee Poor Deportee Deportee